Punk Rococo: An apple and a flower is based on a 19th century Rococo-Revival Old Paris vase that took my fancy long before I began seriously working with clay. The artisans of Paris of the time appealed to their bourgeois clientele with a romantic view of what had gone before using lush ornate gilding and sumptuous decoration. Many stories were told in this way and my story on this piece is of an apple and a flower.